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FSB Publishes Cyber Lexicon in Response to G20 Request
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has published a Cyber Lexicon comprising a set of about 50 core terms related to cyber security and cyber resilience in the financial sector. The lexicon is a result of industry consultation and is designed to support the work of the FSB, standard-setting bodies, authorities, financial institutions and international standards…
FIX Plans Broader Asset Class Coverage and Move into Back-Office Trade Settlement
FIX is extending its reach with plans to broaden asset class coverage and introduce the FIX messaging protocol into back-office settlement workflows between both asset managers and custodians, and brokers and custodians. These developments are being overseen by the Global Post-Trade Working Group within the FIX Trading Community and are designed to standardise workflows and…
RegTek.Solutions Forges Regulatory Reporting Partnership with Deutsche Boerse
RegTek.Solutions has formed a strategic partnership with Deutsche Boerse (DB) to deliver a certified testing and pre-validation service for clients of its ambitious new Regulatory Reporting Hub – the latest move in a major drive by the exchange to dominate the European regulatory reporting landscape. The deal represents the start of what is expected to…
RegTech Summit NYC: Meet The Speakers
The New York edition of A-Team Group’s highly successful RegTech Summit is less than a week away and the industry is gearing up to converge on New York for an event filled with senior speakers, expert practitioners and cutting edge innovators in the RegTech space. Ahead of the big day, we stole a few moments…
Tremblant Capital Selects LiquidityBook
Tremblant Capital has selected LiquidityBook’s SaaS based LBX Buy Side as its portfolio, order and execution management system, with LBX Connect integrated as its FIX routing network. Tremblant is using LBX Buy Side to support its multi-asset trading workflow. It replaces an existing system that was implemented 16 years ago soon after Tremblant’s inception. The…
Beaxy Cryptocurrency Exchange Deploys OneTick as Matching Engine
Beaxy, an all-in-one cryptocurrency exchange has built its matching engine on OneTick, OneMarketData’s flagship high performance analytics and data management platform. The partnership is designed to allow faster transactions, unique and advanced order types, and an overall smoother flow in order books. Based on the OneTick platform, Beaxy will service more than 20 different order…
FlexTrade Integrates Bernstein Cube into FlexTrader EMS
FlexTrade Systems has added the Bernstein Cube to its FlexTrader EMS, allowing traders to construct portfolios and conduct risk analyses and pre-trade controls straight from the execution management system’s blotter. The Bernstein Cube leverages Bloomberg terminal market data to create customised risk models. Each trade can be calculated to transition from the portfolio to an…
More Regulation Needed for Cryptocurrencies Warns US Attorney General
The New York State Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has launched a new initiative designed to protect and inform customers of cryptocurrency exchanges. The move could serve as a precursor to increased regulation of the market and create a new opportunity for regtech providers. Unlike traditional exchanges, virtual asset trading platforms in the US…
AxiomSL Wins Santander Digital Banking Business
Regulatory reporting and risk management solutions provider AxiomSL has signed a landmark deal with Openbank, the digital bank of Spain’s Santander Group and one of the world’s first fully fledged online institutions. AxiomSL will provide Openbank with central bank, capital, liquidity, trade, transaction and AnaCredit reporting on a global level, for both European and South…
Asset Managers Adopt Alternative Data and Advanced Analytics to Generate Alpha
Asset managers are adopting advanced analytics and alternative data to generate alpha and support client acquisition and retention, and business operations. The technology favoured for advanced analytics is machine learning, although natural language processing is also in the picture and smart robotic process automation is in trials. Element22, a boutique data advisory firm, details adoption…